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Roy Rogers
Biography
Roy Rogers is one of the premier slide guitarists performing
today. With eight solo recordings, he has also been nominated for two Grammy
Awards and 6 Grammy credits as the producer of John Lee Hooker and Ramblin'
Jack Elliott releases. He is well known for his exciting live performances,
having toured in the1980's with John Lee Hooker's Coast to Coast Blues Band
and then with his own group The Delta Rhythm Kings since 1986. Rogers has appeared
at numerous festivals and special events throughout the world, including Montreux
Jazz (Switzerland), North Sea Jazz Festival (Holland), Notodden (Norway), Byron
Bay (Australia), New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (USA) and Montreal
Jazz (Canada) in addition to touring Europe, the U.S.A. and Canada.
Rogers' ability to electrify and move audiences to their feet
is well known. He loves to perform and it shows. Nominated for Best Blues Guitarist
by the W.C. Handy's in 2003, his virtuosity and style of slide guitar has been
recognized worldwide and acknowledged in such publications as Rolling Stone,
USA Today, Billboard, Guitar Player, Acoustic Guitar and Guitar & Bass magazine.
His musical talents have been featured on numerous film & TV soundtracks,
most notably 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and also 'The Hot Spot' which
he recorded with Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker and Taj Mahal and garnered a Grammy
nomination. A native Californian, he was born in 1950 and grew up in the San
Francisco Bay Area. He started playing guitar at age 12 and was exposed to a
wealth of music styles, most notably the blues, which became his passion - especially
the Delta.
Blues (Robert Johnson) and slide guitar. Since his first recording
in 1976, he has become one of the finest practitioners and innovators of modern
slide guitar. A recording artist, producer and composer - he continues to combine
diverse music influences to achieve his musical vision. Always eclectic in approach,
he isconstantly stretching the boundaries of slide guitar. "Rogers is both
a sensational and a sensitive blues guitarist - certainly among the finest slide
guitarists playing today. His wailing slide guitar sound (and churning rhythms,
when needed) mark himand his work as of the highest caliber." - San Francisco
Chronicle".
Rogers is an exceptionally articulate slide guitarist, either
he's scorching Robert Johnson's 'Ramblin' Blues' or taking a lovely, lyrical
journey... or rockin' it out. One of the rare guitar heroes who values feeling
over flash." - Rolling Stone.
"Many guitarists dabble in slide guitar, but the number
of modern masters can probably be counted on one hand - Roy Rogers issurely
one of them..." - Guitar Player".
Pund its who be moan the scarcity of guitar gods haven't laid earson Roy Rogers,
whose slide riffs could peel a crawfish." - USA Today.
Roy Rogers' Team
(on album "Slideways")
Roy Rogers - Primary Artist
Philip Aaberg - Harmonium, Keyboards, Piano, Wurlitzer
Norton Buffalo - Chromatic Harmonica, Harmonica
Francis Clay - Percussion, Snare Drums
Joseph - "Ziggy" Modeliste Drums
Fred Roulette - Lap Steel Guitar
Jimmy Sanchez - Drums
Brian Brinkerhoff - A&R, Executive Producer
Markus Cuff - Photography
Paul Stubblebine - Mastering
Diskography
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Live! at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings |
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Slideways
Roy Rogers |
Pleasure and Pain
Roy Rogers |
Rhythm and Groove
Roy Rogers |
Slide Zone
Roy Rogers |
Blues on the Range
Roy Rogers |
Slidewinder
Roy Rogers |
Chops Not Chaps (Reissue)
Roy Rogers |
Roots of Our Nature
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo |
Travellin' Tracks
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo |
R & B
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo |
Everybody's Angel
Roy Rogers & Shana Morrison |
The Hot Spot (Soundtrack)
John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, Roy Rogers & More |
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